VOVAGE TO MADAGASCAR, tag 



and veneration. India will fupply you with 

 a multitude of ingenious aptifans and weav- 

 ers, who know how to manufa^aure cotton 

 fluffs^ and to give them thofe brilliant and 

 durable colours which caufe them to be fo 

 iQUch fought for in commercial countries. 



Colouring fubftanceSj extra^ed from ve- 

 getables, have not, in our frozen climates, 

 the fame fplendour and the fame ftrength, 

 as in the fcorching climates of the torrid 

 zone. 



The fruits of our gardens, which grow 

 on wall trees, never affume a ruddy colour, 

 but on that fide which is expofed to the 

 rays of the fun. 



We have no acid that fixes colours on 

 cotton cloth, in fo lafting and unalterable a 

 manner, as the juice extracted from Adam's 

 fig-tree, which we call Bananier, 



The Indians excel alfo in manufacturing 

 filk ftuflfs. Several provioees of Madagaf- 



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